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class, this was the radar Type 967–968 combination; the D-band Type 967 providing long-range surveillance and the E-band Type 968 providing short-range target indication. On the Type 23 frigates, these functions have been taken over by the Type 996 3D surveillance radar. Target data is processed by
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When lock has been achieved with the missile tracker a round is fired and tracked by a pair of radio beacons in the missile's tail. The ship-board system constantly measures the angle differences between the target and the missile and issues guidance commands to the missile through an Automatic
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Block 2 Sea Wolf is a replenishment upgrade to the existing stocks of Sea Wolf missiles. Block 2 missiles have replaced all Sea Wolf missiles, both on Type 22 and Type 23 frigates, as part of normal ammunition replenishment operations. In a parallel programme ("Sea Wolf Mid-Life Update") the
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and Bristol Aerojet. Although only slightly longer and heavier than Seacat, Sea Wolf offered dramatically higher performance, with a top speed on the order of Mach 3, an effective range roughly double that of Seacat, and a fully automated guidance system that made engagements much simpler.
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Sea Wolf suffered from problems with hardware failure causing launches to fail, broken locks from the extreme sea conditions and the Argentines' low-altitude hit-and-run tactics with multiple, crossing targets which it was not designed to intercept.
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Command to Line of Sight (ACLOS) device transmitting on a microwave link controlling the rear fins of the missile. It is possible for a tracker to control a salvo of two missiles. The radar and CCTV guidance system were developed by Marconi Radar at
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but for obscure reasons work did not continue in this direction: the GWS-26 "VL Seawolf (VLS)" being a much later (1980s) development. During trials, the missile performed impressively, once intercepting a 114 mm (4.5 in) shell.
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of Mach 2, and can intercept targets at ranges between 1,000 and 6,000 m (1,100 and 6,600 yd) and altitudes from 10 m (33 ft) to 3,000 m (9,800 ft). The warhead weighs 14 kg (30.9 lb) and is a
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to investigate a replacement for Sea Wolf which is scheduled to leave service about 2018. MBDA was later contracted to replace the Vertical-Launch Sea Wolf weapons system on the Royal Navy's Type 23 frigates as part of the
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Frigate onwards. Unlike Type 910, Type 911 does not have any TV function; the TV camera is retained only to allow the Missile Director to visually confirm targets and to provide a record of engagements.
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the ship's computers and when the system is live, targets are automatically assigned and engaged automatically (although this can be over-ridden by the Missile Director (MD) in the Operations Room).
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Although vertical launch had been explored much earlier in Sea Wolf's development, it was not until the 1980s that a production design was undertaken. VLS went into service, using the
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shot down two of these and caused a third to crash trying to avoid the missile. The second wave of aircraft attacked during a failure of the missile system and the Type 42
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HE-fragmenting type. In the manually loaded form, the missiles are stored on board in maintenance-free canisters, sealed until use and handled like a round of ammunition.
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The standard mode is fully automated and uses radar tracking. Target detection is carried out using the ship's surveillance radars. In the Type 22- and Sea Wolf-equipped
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The Type 42/22 combination achieved some degree of success during the Falklands Conflict, but the Sea Wolf armed ships were unable to prevent the loss of
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attempted to target the first pair with Sea Wolf but the tracking system locked down and could not be reset before the aircraft released their bombs.
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When a target is to be engaged, the ship's computer slews one of the two Sea Wolf trackers onto the target (there was a single tracker on a Sea Wolf
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class frigates (1 system) in six-round, manually-loaded trainable launchers. It entered service with the Royal Navy in 1979 and was used during the
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The limited performance was understood to be a problem from the start and a requirement for a higher performance replacement was published in 1964.
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associated Type 911 tracker is being upgraded by the addition of an infra-red camera, enhanced tracking software and new operator's consoles.
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Sea Wolf was not designed as a particularly lightweight system, the original GWS-25 variant with Type 910 tracking required 13.5
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system, which was not as capable of intercepting sea-skimming missiles. However, it was cancelled before it entered service.
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During the Falklands War, Sea Wolf was the Royal Navy's only modern point-defence weapon. It equipped the Type 22 frigates
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A trainable launcher type GWS-25 Sea Wolf missile. The GWS-26 vertical launch missile has a large booster motor in tandem.
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booster motor and turnover pack, to clear the ship's superstructure and rapidly flipped onto their flight path by
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link, and that its small size allowed multi-round launchers to be fitted to ships in place of their
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Instead of a launcher that is aimed at the target by the fire-control system, VL Sea Wolf uses a
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Vertically Launched Sea Wolf (VLSW) forms. In Royal Navy service Sea Wolf is being replaced by
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Sea Wolf accounted for three confirmed "kills" and two further possibles from eight launches.
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weapon system designed as a short-range defence against both sea-skimming and high angle
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missiles, the Type 22 would use its short-range Sea Wolf missiles to defend both ships.
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frigates when they enter service in the late 2020s. Sea Ceptor will also replace the
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under the name "Land Ceptor". CAMM is derived from and shares components with the
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in 2018 replacing the Sea Wolf and will also be integrated onto the forthcoming
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s evasive manoeuvring took her through the line of fire and the lock was lost.
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the Sea Wolf system had been reset and acquired the attacking aircraft but
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was hit by one bomb, which bounced up through the deck and destroyed her
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Testing lasted from 1970 until 1977, with shipborne trials on a modified
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were operating in combination and were attacked by two flights of four
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Tras un manto de neblina. Breve crónica de la Guerra de las Malvinas
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The earliest point-defence missile used by the Royal Navy was the
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carriers and Type 42 destroyers to supplement the medium range
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Seawolf v Exocet - test detailed (Flight International 1983)
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BATTLE ATLAS of the FALKLANDS WAR 1982 by Land, Sea and Air
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also operating in a 22/42 combination to the north-west of
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90 seconds later at a 20-degree angle to her port bow. On
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Battle Atlas of the Falklands War 1982, by Land, Sea, Air
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came under attack by two waves of two A-4 Skyhawks.
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The first deployment, in the GWS-25 form, was on the
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helicopter. The second pair of Skyhawks headed for
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Index

Sea Wolf missile

Type 23 frigate
HMS Portland
Surface-to-air
See operators
Falklands War
Gulf War
British Aircraft Corporation
BAe Dynamics
MBDA UK
kg
lb
m
ft
in
mm
in
HE blast-fragmentation
Direct contact
proximity fuze
km
nmi
Automatic Command to Line-Of-Sight (ACLOS)
surface-to-air missile
BAC
British Aerospace
MBDA
point-defence
anti-ship missiles

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